Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-05

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arisss souss rev and wbslly ansxpsctsd
tssus on which the eovsEn@sul msy be
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main IN power for ssyssai ysaxA
o. e0ursa. IN eptsgina oHss TIE
present. eossEnHsnt eontains5 TIE
weakness whioh b inherent IN ail Brit
ish e0ysrnDents which are not sup
ported ID ths HOuss Of Commons b. q
oDDpast majority q their political
fFiendA 6aIisbory's esssEnnsnt has
No saeh support Ths majority which
soslains IL In ONES IL mAds % Of three
distinst factions. which are held 10
esthsF only b. thsir oommon oDposi-
ion 10 tho esucsssion of home ruis 10
Ireland There are, arsl. the Tories.
Who are the natural and regular sap
poEtsss Of he R0vsFnnsnf. Nsxt IN
point Of nu@sEisal strength. GONE the
followers Of The Marquis Of HastiRRton,
Ne WhlRs or Liberal Unisnists, Who
broke away from The main body Of the
Libsrai party When Gladstons began his
battle for homs rule. Wsaksst in nam-
beFs b ths eoseEie Of Radicals, Vho have
Isft the Liberal organization. mainly
bessuss Of the isalousy fer Giadssoas
entertained b. their lsAdsE, JSssph
Chamberlain.
There was evsFy reason 10 hope that
this combination could nes long con-
tinus and thas . separation between the
Tories snd the Liberal Unionists WOald
Inevitably eooaF. Thess hopes have
shus far been disappointed. Toe Lib
sraI Unionists have syinosd Q dispesi-
tioa 10 Support the government In any
policy upon vhioh 10 may dsssFnine
and since they have swallowed the CO.
erosion bin. thers b apparent no reason
why they should not continue 10 be IN
svervinR Supporters Of the government
until the present Parliament reaches
the legal lImit Of its life. There we're
also iRdieAtions Of disssnsions within
the ranks Of tie Tories themselves, and,
although snoh have unqussaisnAbly ex-
listed, they have not been snoh as 10
Seriously Affect the integrity Of the
party. Tho successive retire@ents Of
Lord OarnsFvon, Lord Iddsslsieh and
Lord Randolph ChuEohill from shs Cab
met gave rise 70 hopes that the Tory
ranks would be broken BY q revolt
against the methods Of Salisbury. but
these hopes, too, proved 10 be ground.
les. for the lines Of the Rovernmsnt'u
political friends remain unbroken.
In fact, the alliance Between the
Tories and the Liberal Uniouists sp.
pears to grew stronger rather than
stheFwise. The latter have oompro-
missed themselves BY supporting the %
ereiOn bill. and new there 10 nothing
for them to do bat 10 out Tory thu
Tories in dealing with the Irish cues
ton. Il may be shat some new issue
the rise Of some new question, will d.
vide the supporters Of the government
and render 20 sibIe another appeal "a
the people, but In the absence Of new
Development Of this kind, the position
Of Salisbury Is apparently secure. Hi
government, instead Of being one Of th'
shortest lived Of British governments
may continue TO exist uhtiI the Law rem
dsrs another appeal 10 the people i'm
perative.